Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 28 March 2022
The Arab world isn't just silent on China’s crackdown on Uighurs. It's complicit
(Bradley Jardine, Time)
Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen’s Houthis after Jiddah attack
(Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
No qualified immunity for requiring patient to attend religious service
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iowa adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Gov. Reynolds signs Israel and antisemitism bills into law
(KCRG News)
11th Circuit rejects preacher's challenge to campus permit requirement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 28 March 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Certiorari denied in synagogue picketing case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious tests for public office
(Greg Sisk, Mirror of Justice)
At top universities, institutes of Catholic thought focus on science and religion
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
The World Council of Churches must act with courage and expel Kirill, Russian Orthodox Church
(Rob Schenck, Religion News Service)
Attacks on religious health care providers keep on coming
(Charles C. Camosy, RNS Column: Purple Catholicism)
Why nearly all Americans support public displays of faith
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
NY governor issues safety plan as a ‘direct response’ to rise in hate crime, antisemitism
(Jacob Kornbluh, Forward)
Why haven’t there been any Evangelicals on the Supreme Court?
(Megan Fowler, Christianity Today)
The Supreme Court’s latest religion opinion should reassure liberals
(Ian Millhiser, Vox)
What the history of science and religion reveals about today’s divisive covid debates
(Peter Manseau, Smithsonian Magazine)
How Madeleine Albright downplayed then came to embrace her Jewish heritage
(Benjamin Ivry, Forward)
Ukrainian parliament receives draft of law against Moscow church
(Elena Yufereva, Union of Orthodox Journalists, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Two weeks in review, 14-27 March 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Hablemos de Derecho Internacional (HDI) (Spanish podcast)
(Hablemos de Derecho Internacional)
India: ‘Barring non-Hindu traders from jathres unconstitutional’
(The Hindu)
Indian bishops appeal Supreme Court to retain temporal powers
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: AIMPLB moves Supreme Court against Karnataka high court hijab order
(Yusra Husain, The Times of India)
India's apex court rejects plea to monitor Christian missionaries
(Bijay Kumar Minj, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Philippines: Church opposes highway along Manila's historic waterway
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Laos: Persecuted Christian family face renewed pressure in Laos
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Lebanese cleric becomes member of Vatican commission for religious relations with Muslims
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Minneapolis City Council members for the first time pass a resolution recognizing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The effort also supports the public playing of the call to prayer year-round.
(Hibah Ansari, Sahan Journal)
Justice Kavanaugh is not going to lay a hand on Employment Division v. Smith
(Josh Blackman, Reason)
Nicaragua: Managua bishop supports Nicaragua ambassador who condemned Ortega regime
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israel to host US, Arab diplomats in ‘Abraham Accords’ summit
(Al Jazeera)
Leap of Faith: What would Esther do about opening up her home to refugees?
(René Pfertzel, Jewish News)
This is still a question that scholars debate: Why did early Christianity rise so rapidly?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
If the big goal is racial reconciliation, pastors may want to start by breaking bread
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Updates in the journalism style bible: Appropriate 'cult' advice and other tweaks
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Kuwait: US State Department tweet on disability inclusion
(Twitter, State Department: Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor)
Muslim American speaks out on suing DHS, border officials over 'intrusive' religious questioning
(Deena Zaru, ABC News)
Indonesia: Another Marriage Law controversy: is reform overdue?
(Laras Susanti, Indonesia at Melbourne)
How should Catholics balance being politically and biblically correct? An interview with Dr. Victor Gaetan.
(Jeffrey Stevens, The Jerusalem Post)
Making sure God is welcome in the execution chamber
(Austin Sarat, Verdict)
Stop arguing for religious liberty and start arguing against religious discrimination
(Auguste Meyrat, The Federalist)
The big idea: do we still need religion?
(Robin Dunbar, The Guardian)
Democracy vs. theocracy
(Mark Tooley, Firebrand Magazine)
The Australia School
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Another Pastor arrested in Ukraine as hunt for clerics on Russian 'blacklist' continues
(Donna Birrell, Premier Christian News)
Friday, 25 March 2022
Applying RLUIPA, Supreme Court rules 8-1 in favor of condemned Texas inmate seeking religious touching in execution chamber
(Sentencing Law and Policy)
Supreme Court says pastor should be allowed to pray audibly and lay hands on prisoner being executed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court issues stay, favoring Navy, in Navy Seals COVID vaccination religious exemption case
(Eugene Volokh, Reason)
Religious liberty win at the Supreme Court, U.S. to welcome Ukrainian refugees, and Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings
(Brent Leatherwood and Lindsay Nicolet, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
U.S. Supreme Court rules 8-1 in favor of death row inmate requesting permission for spiritual advisor to lay hands, pray audibly with him in execution chamber
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Supreme Court rules in favor of death row inmate raising religious freedom concerns
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Supreme Court says Texas death row inmate can have spiritual adviser ‘lay hands’ and pray aloud during his execution
(Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN)
High court: States must allow prayer, touch in executions
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
Court bars Texas from executing inmate unless it allows pastor’s touch and audible prayer
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Surrogacy deprives from citizenship in S.-H. v. Poland
(Sarah Ganty, Strasbourg Observers)
UK: Glasgow’s museum of religion has been saved from closure – here’s why it’s important for multicultural Britain
(Rina Arya, The Conversation)
Freedom of religion or belief in sharp decline in Asia, a European Parliament report says
(The European Times)
Slovaks condemn WWII Jews deportation to Nazi death camps
(Associated Press)
Brazil: Religious freedom provides the architecture diverse societies need to be healthy, Elder Soares says
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Brazil: Bolsonaro’s education minister accused of doing bidding of Brazilian evangelicals
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, deadline 25 March 2022: Multi-Religious Humanitarian Fund
(Religions for Peace)
A time of reckoning? Russia and the Council of Europe
(Philip Leach, Strasbourg Observers)
The legal death of free speech in Russia
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
An audacious shortcut: The European Court of Human Rights' new approach to French “Wrongful Life” Cases
(Daniel Krotov and Yannick Schoog, Strasbourg Observers)
Russia: Freemasonry in Russia and the war in Ukraine
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Ukraine-Russia: Foes and friends of Ukraine among religious leaders in Russia
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Bangladesh: Comment 228 – Genocide in Bangladesh – The politics of disinformation
(Paulo Casaca, South Asia Democratic Forum)
Supreme Court declines religious liberty case, but 1 Justice hints at potential outcome in future cases like it
(Sarah Parshall Perry, The Heritage Foundation)
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson says her faith sustains her but won't impede judgments
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
Perspective: How the Supreme Court could rule on key religious rights questions this term
(Kevin Goldberg, Freedom Forum)
Algeria: Senior Christian leaders in Algeria face prison as rights decline continues
(Miles P. J. Windsor, Newsweek)
Photos of the week: Persian New Year, Israeli rabbi funerals
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
High court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
All-year daylight saving time threatens Jews’ morning prayer
(Michelle Chabin, Associated Press)
3 US Muslims sue over religious questioning by officers
(Associated Press)
Sheriff: Man shot by deputies after killing worker at mosque
(Associated Press)
No RLUIPA or free exercise violation in denying sewer service to proposed church building
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mandatory LGBTQ anti-discrimination training did not violate Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
DHS issues new Interim Final Rule on asylum application procedures
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michigan city violated RLUIPA in applying special requirements on places of worship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why these BYU law professors urge confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: Religious liberty roundup from day three
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Arizona Legislature approves 15-week abortion ban
(Bob Christie, Religion News Service)
When Putin says Russia and Ukraine share one faith, he’s leaving out a lot of the story
(Kathryn David, Religion News Service)
Pope’s peace prayer for Ukraine recalls Fatima prophecy
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
The last Shakers
(Séan Alonzo Harris, Deseret News)
Chechen and Tatar Muslims take up arms to fight for Ukraine
(Monir Ghaedi, Deutsche Welle)
American Jews ignore a far-right Jewish presidential candidate at their peril
(Brad Rothschild, Forward Opinion)
In Memoriam: Madeleine Albright
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Honoring the legacy of Madeleine Albright
(Eric Patterson, Religious Freedom Institute)
Madeleine Albright, trailblazing Secretary of State, dies
(Katie Reilly, Time)
In Cameroon, local Caritas puts Pope’s environmental message to work
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican releases guidelines for intercultural ministry for migrants
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Reactionary white Buddhists have joined the fight against critical race theory
(Ann Gleig, Religion Dispatches)
Russian Lutherans adopt survival positions
(Institute of Religion and Politics, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Podcast: What parents (and journalists) can learn from LGBTQ debates at Calvin
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
No longer a Ukraine news sidebar: Pope Francis asks if combat can ever be moral
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
After a month of Russian aggression, Metropolitan Epifaniy once again called on the UOC-MP to join the OCU
(r, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
United voices in U.S. Senate introduce legislation for USCIRF reauthorization
(Jeremy Barker, Religious Freedom Institute)
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